COMMUNITY
MILITARY APPRECIATION COMMITTEE
NEWSLETTER
www.cmac11.com
February 13, 2015
Memorial
Day Ceremony – May 25th,
11:00 AM, Fort Vancouver
National Park – Main Gazebo.
Reception: 10:00
AM to 10:45 AM at the Marshal House (Invitation Only –
CMAC Members are welcome!).
Outdoor Reception in front of the Marshal House.
Following Memorial Day Ceremony, National Park
Service will present their Soldier’s Bivouac till 5:00
PM.
Memorial
Bricks for Sale –
Get your order in for the next set!
$100 for each brick, up to 18 characters on each
line up to 2 lines. The
first order of bricks have been placed at the Memorial
site in front of the new Armed Forces Reserve Center.
To place your order call Bob Bean at 360- 696-2326
or 360-903-2340, and/or email address robertbean511@msn.com.
Veteran’s
Wall Mural – To
add your name to the Veteran’s Wall at the west end by
the railroad berm and City Hall, e-mail Wayne Clemetson at
wayneclemetson@comcast.net.
Include your rank, name, branch of service, and
theater of Service.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7824 is
welcoming the first 100 Veterans, who just returned from
conflicts, with free membership dues. Call
Roy Billings 360-882-0763.
National Park Service Lectures at
Pearson Air Museum:
Feb. 19,
2015 “Mining the Moon with a Lunar Elevator” by Charles
Radley, Oregon L5 Society.
Feb. 26,
2015 “NA 337, the Commonwealth Air Crews and the Evolution
of the Handley Page Halifax Bomber” by Diana DeLuca,
PhD.
Mar. 5, 2015 “Back to the Moon with the Lunar Rover Mission”
by Dan Dolan
Mar. 12,
2015 “Designs on Personal Space Exploration” by Dr. Cameron
Smith, Portland State University.
Mar. 19,
2015 “Lincoln Beachey: the
Man who owned the Sky” by Matthew Simek, M.A.
Free Public Lectures Thursday evenings starting at
6:30 PM for one hour.
Held at the Tex Rankin Theater at Pearson Air
Museum and Jack Murdock Aviation Center at Fort Vancouver
National Historic Site (1501 E. 5th Street,
Vancouver, WA. More
information: httlp://go.usa.gov/JQGP
or Dr. Bob Cromwell at 360-816-6253 Bob_Cromwell@nps.gov.
Fort Vancouver Nation Trust “Black
History Month” – February 25th thru 28th
2:00 PM
to 6:00 PM daily at the Red Cross Building (605 Barnes
Road, Vancouver WA). Firsts
public exhibition featuring “Faces of WWII at Vancouver
Barracks” a VBMA collection of nearly 2,000 negatives.
In conjunction with the Buffalo Soldiers exhibit,
there will be a lecture on February 28.
Also available are Audio Tours, Self-guided Tours,
Guided Tours, and Group Tours.
For more information visit website www.fortvan.org/BuffaloSoldiers
or phone (360)
992-1804.
Clark College Fireside Lounge “The
Buffalo Soldiers” – February 19th 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. For
more information please contact the Clark College Veterans
Resource Center at 360-992-2073 or Vetresources@Clark.edu.
Silver Wings ROTC University of Portland
“Greatest Generation Project” – February 26th
Bingo Fund
Raiser at University of Portland from 7 PM to 8 PM.
This fundraiser is to help raise money to pay for
the videos being made.
They are asking all WWII Veterans to come and share
their story but making these videos and sharing on social
media. Learn
about the project at website www.thegreatestgenerationproject.org
or if you have questions by email thegreatestgenerationproject@gmail.com.
To contact Mackenna:
krohn16@up.edu
or phone 253-230-6600.
American Red Cross “Hero’s
Breakfast” – March 13th 7:00
PM at the Hilton Vancouver.
Honoree Awards will be presented in different
categories to those who went above and beyond to saving
lives.
Pure Kraze Productions “Operation Home
Run” – May 9th, 5K
and 10K Walk or Run, starting at 5 PM at Pearson Air Park
(1115 E. 5th Street, Vancouver WA 98661).
Awards and Concert at 7:00 PM.
E-mail purekraze2014@gmail.com
or register on line at purekrazeventsforvets.com.
100% of net proceeds will go to help homeless
Veterans, and to build Purekraze Veterans Village in Clark
County.
Korean War Memorial Dedication – June
25th
2:00 PM, behind City Hall at the VFW Plaza railroad berm.
Costco’s “Heroes Night” – June 27th
Kristina
Johnson would like to have input for a better event this
year. She
needs someone who will take charge of running a Hot Rod
and Custom Car Show to be held in the church parking lot
next to Costco. Contact
Kristina at 360-258-6239 or e-mail w01086mk01@costco.com.
NOTE: A
new Website is being formed and should be ready anytime
now. On this
website will be all the information such as:
calendar meeting dates, calendar up-coming
community events with their links, organizations and
contact information, photo galleries, archives, flyers,
blogs, etc. Flyers
will be forwarded by e-mailed and posted to the Website.
The Newsletter and Minutes will be posted in the
website, printer friendly. Website
is still the same www.cmac11.com.
Bill Hauser is the Director for this Website.
For more information contact Bill at 360-883-1421
or email bhauser1952@msn.com.
There will be more information for everyone!
CMAC
Meeting Dates
Events
February
27th
40 et 8
8:30 AM
March
13th
40 et 8
8:30 AM
March
27th
40
et 8
8:30 AM
April
10th
40
et 8
8:30 AM
April 18th
Redheart Ceremony
April
24th
40 et 8
8:30 AM
May
8th 40
et 8
8:30 AM
May
22nd
Artillery
Barracks
9:00 AM
May 25th
Memorial Day Ceremony
11:00 AM
- 40
et 8
7607 NE 26th Ave, Vancouver, WA
- Armed
Forces Reserve Center
15005 NE 65th Street, Vancouver, WA
- Artillery
Barracks
600 E. Hathaway Road, Vancouver, WA
Secretary, Anita Stadey
CMAC.Secretary@gmail.com
